Senior Site Chemist £28,000-£32,000p/yr Brownhills Permanent

What’s on offer?

The responsibilities of the Senior Site Chemist:

Ensure incoming consignments of waste have appropriate paperwork completed and copies are held on site and passed to the haulier
Ensure incoming waste is inspected to BAT requirements
If waste does not match pre-acceptance information ensure that the correct procedure is followed a non conformance is raised with supporting evidence
Make sure all paper work is appropriately scanned and saved in the correct database folder
Work to 48 hour KPI’s for incoming loads to be accepted and associated paperwork is passed over for post acceptance.
Ensure waste is being appropriately stored inline with the correct guidance.
Make sure all waste is labelled correctly with the label appropriately visible when it enters the storage bay
Sampling of accepted waste to supply to internal laboratory for further analysis or to pass on to suppliers
Generation of IPO’s in line with the IPO procedure
Promote a positive Health and Safety driven environment
Prioritising the disposal of waste where applicable by rerouting to internal disposal options.
Additional duties as requested by senior management in line with the capabilities of the role holder
Support and contribute to the companies overall objectives and aims
Ensure all incidents, observations and concerns are reported through the correct process
Ensure compliance is of a high standard
Compliance with emissions goals when driving company vehicles or otherwise driving on company business.

The successful Senior Site Chemist must:

Have HNC or Degree Level qualification in Chemistry or a similar related field
Experience and knowledge of the Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Knowledge of the Health and Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at work regulations 1999.
Experience to working to HSG51 – The storage of flammable liquids in containers and HSG71 Chemical Warehousing: The Storage of Packaged Dangerous Substances
Be comfortable working on your own initiative
Ability to communicate well with others
Excellent attention to detail
Good organisational skills
Ability to communicate well with others
Dedicated and professional